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Saint Ives, Cornwall [4]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Falmouth, Cornwall [3]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [2]

St Just England [2]

Bairnsdale Victoria [1]

Ballarat East Victoria [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1]

Borough, London [1]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Brent, Plymouth, Devon [1]

Brislington, Somerset [1]

Bristol [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Bristol, Somerset [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Calstock, Cornwall [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Canning Town, Essex, England [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Collingwood Victoria [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Durham Lead Victoria [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Evesham, Worcestershire [1]

Fleet, Hants [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Gloucestershire [1]

Gympie Queensland [1]

Hackney, Middlesex [1]

Horncastle, Lincolnshire [1]

Hove, Sussex [1]

Kalgoorlie Western Australia [1]

Kangaroo Flat Victoria [1]

Kanyaki South Australia [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kentish Town, Middlesex [1]

Leigh, Devon [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England [1]

Lyndhurst, Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Newcastle New South Wales [1]

Newport Victoria [1]

Peckham, London [1]

Plumpton New South Wales [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [133]

Gunner [21]

Serjeant [11]

Corporal [10]

Sapper [10]

Driver [8]

Bombardier [4]

Captain [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Major [2]

Pioneer [2]

Trooper [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Cooper [1]

Fitter [1]

Fitter Acting Fitter Corporal [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Quarter Master and Captain [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Second Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [18]

Army Service Corps [17]

Labour Corps [17]

Royal Garrison Artillery [15]

Royal Field Artillery [13]

Hampshire Regiment [10]

London Regiment [10]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Dorsetshire Regiment [6]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Somerset Light Infantry [6]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Scots [3]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Hussars [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery formerly Infantry Battalion [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Cornwall Light Infantry [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [207]

Royal Navy [43]

Australian Imperial Force [26]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [10]

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L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [299]

Merchant Navy [10]

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United Kingdom [4]

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People [311] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Saint Ives, Cornwall [4] Bendigo Victoria [3] Falmouth, Cornwall [3] Ballarat Victoria [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Southampton, Hampshire, England [2] St Just England [2] Bairnsdale Victoria [1] Ballarat East Victoria [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1] Borough, London [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Brent, Plymouth, Devon [1] Brislington, Somerset [1] Bristol [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1] Bristol, Somerset [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Calstock, Cornwall [1] Camberwell, London [1] Canning Town, Essex, England [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Collingwood Victoria [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Durham Lead Victoria [1] Edinburgh [1] Evesham, Worcestershire [1] Fleet, Hants [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Gloucestershire [1] Gympie Queensland [1] Hackney, Middlesex [1] Horncastle, Lincolnshire [1] Hove, Sussex [1] Kalgoorlie Western Australia [1] Kangaroo Flat Victoria [1] Kanyaki South Australia [1] Kensington, London [1] Kentish Town, Middlesex [1] Leigh, Devon [1] London, Middlesex [1] Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England [1] Lyndhurst, Southampton, Hampshire [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Newcastle New South Wales [1] Newport Victoria [1] Peckham, London [1] Plumpton New South Wales [1] Plymouth, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [133] Gunner [21] Serjeant [11] Corporal [10] Sapper [10] Driver [8] Bombardier [4] Captain [3] Lance Corporal [3] Lieutenant [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Major [2] Pioneer [2] Trooper [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant Major [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Cooper [1] Fitter [1] Fitter Acting Fitter Corporal [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Quarter Master and Captain [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Second Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [18] Army Service Corps [17] Labour Corps [17] Royal Garrison Artillery [15] Royal Field Artillery [13] Hampshire Regiment [10] London Regiment [10] Royal Fusiliers [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Dorsetshire Regiment [6] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Somerset Light Infantry [6] Middlesex Regiment [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] Welsh Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Scots [3] Royal West Surrey Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Border Regiment [2] Dragoon Guards [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment [2] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] Hussars [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] West Riding Regiment [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery formerly Infantry Battalion [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Cornwall Light Infantry [1] Corps of Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [207] Royal Navy [43] Australian Imperial Force [26] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16] Canadian Expeditionary Force [10]

Last name first letter

V [310] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [299] Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

Arthur Jubb Veal

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 203706 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 2nd/4th Battalion

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Frederick Veal

Died 1915

British Army L/8828 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Alfred Veal

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14152

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Frederick Veal

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108760

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Samuel Charles Veal

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27731

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Arthur Ernest Veal

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31693

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Charles James Veal

Died 1915

British Army G/1539 Private Middlesex Regiment 4th

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Reginald Frederick Veal

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 772 Sapper Royal Engineers 1st South Midland Field Coy.

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Charles Edwin Veal

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219061

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Arthur Edwards Veal

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 311668

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Albert Edward Roy Veal

Born 1891

Died 1918

Royal Navy K52741 Stoker 2nd Class H.M.S. "Victory"

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Francis William Veal

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 26743 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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John Bertie Green Veal

Born 1897

Died 1919

Royal Navy 1704 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/1704 Private Royal Marine Brigade 1st RM Battalion

Royal Navy CH/1704 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry HMS AMBITIOUS

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Guy Allen Thomas Veal

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army L/11556 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Arthur Edward John Veal

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 20473 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Benjamin Veal

Died 1916

British Army 17335 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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David R Veal

Died 1915

British Army 1735 Private Royal Scots

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Walter Roy Veal

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 2265 Private London Regiment

British Army 2265 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Herbert Veal

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 12424 Corporal West Riding Regiment

British Army 12424 Serjeant West Riding Regiment

British Army 12424 Serjeant Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Frederick William Veal

Born 1893

Died 1919

British Army 150897 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army WR/254384 Corporal Royal Engineers

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